Happy New Year

Write it on your heart

that every day

is the best day

of the year.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Demi-Moon

Gorgeous half-moon caught

in a blue mid-day sky

A Demi-Moon beauty :)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

May your day be filled

With joy!

Use Your Imagination

The colour of springtime is in the flowers;

The colour of winter is in the imagination.

~ Terri Guillemets ~

Les Grandes Dames de l'Hiver

The Grand Ladies of Winter

all dressed up

for the Ball

Narnia

Everything presses in on you all at once

The blinding whiteness

The silence

The cold

But mostly...

The overwhelming awe of all that snow

What a remarkable quirk of nature

Lunae Lux

Worth going out into the cold, dark night for :)

Perennial Beauty

The tall grasses I see on my daily walk

must be the most photographed

plants on my blog.

I can't seem to get enough of their beauty.

Let The Fun Begin!

We're still waiting for the snow,

but I have no doubt

it will arrive

shortly.

A Natural Artist

Nature paints pictures

better

than I ever could :)

How High Will You Fly?

Nature provides the perfect inspiration

for understanding, accepting and dealing with

life's gifts

and challenges.

Often, when I take a photo

the inspiration

or, what it means to me

just jumps right out.

Here's the original picture:

Quote by: Coco Chanel

Need Some?

It can be found

in the nearest

Forest.

Oh, The Drama!

Never a dull moment!

I took this shot

right before the sun was swallowed up

by some very dark clouds.

I call it:

Cloudy With A Chance Of Snow

Fairy Tale Time

Mushrooms conjure up fairy tales for me.

So much magic in these

umbrella-topped imps.

Our Red Flag

The perfect symbol of fall in Canada:

A red maple leaf

Yellow

It's been a Yellow kind of day :)

November

Each month has its own beauty

All Hallow's Eve

On the Eve of Halloween,

treats start early for some critters

Keep The Flame Burning

Leaves grow old so beautifully

Beauty Defies Colour

Here's an Echinacea seed head.

Its unique shape, its points and depths

Capture the light and emphasize the shadows

Creating a canvas on which

Every colour enhances

Its Beauty differently

Go ahead and choose your favourite hue

Hurrah!

Sunflowers,

my autumn garden's last

Hurrah!

Imagine If...

Six more days 'till Halloween!

8 Days Left

Halloween in 8 days !

I'm dressing as a witch

(comes naturally to me - hee hee)

What's your favourite costume?

These are our front yard decorations.

Disco Daze

Sunlight

finds this plume

of red-tipped grass seed

transforming

it into a sparkling

disco light-show.

DayDreams

Flowers are for Daydreams :)

Paved With Gold

The road around my wrist

is paved with

Gold.

Glad I could be part

of this Wooly Bear's

Journey.

Glorious Mornings

How does a flower

celebrate

Jack Frost's

tardiness?

It becomes impossibly beautiful.

Raindance Anyone?

Drops of rain

fill up my mossy pond

creating mermaid-patterned,

blue-green swirls

~ perfectly wonderful ~

Glisten and Sway

Nothing beats the beauty and serenity

of tall grasses gone to seed

at this time of year

They sway in the breeze

and glisten in the light

like moving paintings

Here, There and Everywhere

As I close my garden bit by bit

cutting down perennials,

I have to be on the lookout

at all times

for adorable wooly bears.

They lounge on the leaves

of my plants

or hide in cracks

to keep warm and safe

for the winter.

They always bring a smile

to my face

when I scoop them up,

all curled in a tight furry ball,

to move them to a safer location.

Resonance

Let us be silent,

that we may hear

the whisper of the bell.

I don't know what it is about this rusty old bell...

I've had it for years and taken many pictures of it.

No matter when, regardless of the light or the weather, 

it always comes out beautifully.

The definition of photogenic :)

Spiders With Wings?

The spiders are keeping busy

in my fall garden.

What do you think this one's planning to do

with this feathery seed?

October Light

Caught this elegant spider spinner her web

in the afternoon light

in my garden

Made me think of...

Sunshine

On this crisp fall day

sunshine

is a friend of mine

Be Bold

Be YOU!

Ready To Fly

Precious

Light is precious

in a Dark

world.